PHOENIX — The Arizona Senate has advanced a measure to ban abortions because of genetic abnormalities.
The measure would make it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion for that reason and allow a father or maternal grandparents to sue on behalf of the fetus.
It also would prohibit pharmacies from providing abortion-inducing drugs through the mail and require that fetal remains be buried or cremated.
The measure was given preliminary approval on Wednesday and is likely to receive a final vote in the coming days.
It comes as the Republican-controlled Legislature embraces anti-abortion legislation that may stand a better chance of withstanding a challenge now that the U.S. Supreme Court has moved to the right.
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